BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH REPORTS IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES

📄 Project Abstract

The research study is a Bibliometrics analysis of post graduate research report in Library and Information Science in Nigerian universities, from 1993 to 2006. The survey research technique was used and the design of the study is cross-sectional survey design. The population was made up of 747, postgraduate research reports. Seven research question were raised and four null hypotheses formulated to guide the study. Related literature were reviewed in order to explore all facets of Bibliometrics studies. The instrument for data collection is Document Analysis Guide (DAG). The instrument was validated through expert opinion. Documentary research methods, frequency tables, bar charts, Bradford-Zipf 'bibliograph' {R(n)=and b (1nc), N log n/s C1nN)} were used to provide answers to the research questions. The findings of the study were: there are variations in the productivity output of masters' and doctoral research reports in library and information science in Nigeria universities, no rese...